Ice and Defenders- Book 2 of the Frostbite Series

Suit Up

Clint had gone into the bathroom to clean up and finish his recovery when Steve came to the door in his suit.

"It's time to go." He said.  

"Go?" Natasha looked at him.

"Where?" I asked. 

"I'll tell you on the way." Steve answered. "Can you fly one of those jets?" He asked Natasha. 

Clint walked out of the bathroom. "I can." 

Steve looked at Natasha and I. 

"He's a pretty good pilot." I said.

Steve looked back at Clint. "You have a suit?" Clint nodded. "Then suit up." Steve left and I looked at Nat and Clint before following after him.

"What's going on?" I asked. 

"Loki is in New York, most definitely on Stark Tower." Steve answered. 

"How did you find this out?" 

"He wants a scene, a crowd. Tony said he's a 'diva'." Steve began. 

"Where else in the world would you go for that sort of thing?" I asked rhetorically.

"Exactly." Steve nodded.

We got to the armory where Tony was making minor repairs on his suit, I pulled my hair into a high ponytail, grabbed my blue jacket and two hand guns to put at my belt. Natasha and Clint joined us and suited up as well.

"You four go ahead and get a jet, I'll meet you all there. I have to get another suit." Tony said. 

"Hey, Tony." I began. "Before we leave, do you know how I get the skating blades to extend from my boots?" 

"Lift up your left foot, and tap your heel twice." Tony answered. I did so and skate blades came out of the bottom of my boots, causing me to be taller by about an inch. "Then you just tap your heel again to retract." 

"Thanks." I nodded, tapping my heel and retracting the skates.

Steve, Natasha, Clint, and I walked through the hangar and entered a jet. A pilot was in there and he stood up in front of us. 

"Hey, you guys aren't authorized to be in here." He said. 

"Son, just don't." Steve cocked his head, you could tell by his voice that he was at the point where he just didn't want to deal with anything else.

The pilot left and Clint and Natasha sat down in the cockpit. Steve and I stood, looking out the front window as Clint drove the plane out onto the landing strip. We saw an object fly by with an orange light tailing behind, it was Tony in his suit. The jet took off and we followed Tony to New York.

The skyline of New York was in front of us, Tony's voice came on the radio. "I'm heading to the Tower to try and disengage the cube, see what's up. You guys keep a good distance till I signal." 

"What's the signal?" I asked. 

"You'll see one." Tony said before picking up speed and flying off.

Clint turned the jet and we flew at a distance while keeping the Tower in sight. As we watched the tower, my eyes caught something move and I saw something falling from the Tower.

"Oh my God, is that Tony?" I said, walking forward to stand in between Natasha and Clint.

Something else crashed through a window and fell after Tony, then after a few seconds Iron Man flew back up to the Tower.